‘One of them has to go’ – Barcelona chief Deco responds to Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen exit talk

Barcelona defenders Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen have each been linked with exits in the summertime switch window.

Araujo could possibly be offloaded to assist make room for Joan Garcia and doubtlessly Nico Williams, whereas Christensen barely performed final yr resulting from harm and solely has a yr left on his contract.

Deco has been quizzed on the scenario and made it clear he doesn’t need Araujo to go however did additionally concede that one defender should depart as they’ve too many center-backs.

“What we would like is to enhance the staff, not make it worse. And if we lose an vital participant, we’re making it worse,” he advised La Vanguardia.

“Ronald has a contract, he’s renewed his contract, and he’s endured a troublesome season, with unfair criticism. He’s among the finest center-backs on the earth. Leaving isn’t in Ronald’s plans. He needs to return to his finest.

“We have now 5 central defenders, and one among them has to go resulting from an extra of gamers. The coach has to make selections. As Hansi (Flick) says, ‘resolution is job.’ The coach is joyful; he’s in a pleasant trip spot like Formentera, and we’re on the identical web page.”

Deco definitely appears eager for Araujo to remain but when a pretty supply arrives for the Uruguay worldwide this summer time the membership could discover it troublesome to show it down.